The Cowgirl tennis team went 2-0 over the weekend with wins against Montana and Northern Arizona to continue their winning season.
The Cowgirls swept the Montana Grizzlies (2-13 overall), 7-0, on Friday morning and came back the next day to get a come from behind win against the Northern Arizona Lumberjacks (9-3 overall). 4-3.
“It’s always good to get another win at home,” head coach Dean Clower said, following the match against Montana. “Dorottya (Jonas) once again brought professionalism and intensity to every match.”
In doubles action on Friday, Wyoming made quick work by s weeping all three of the matches to go up 1-0. The number two team of Jonas and Ana Tkachenko defeated Lidia Dukic and Milica Panic, 6-2 followed by a 6-1 win by Tessa Van Der Ploeg and Milka Genkova over Hannah Sulz and Catherine Orfanos. Magdalena Stencel and Miranda Talbert won at the third spot, 6-4, against Nathalie Joanlanne and Cam Kincaid.
The momentum carried over to singles for the Cowgirls in all six singles matches. The most dominating match of the day came from Tkachenko when she defeated Kincaid in straight sets without any games dropped, 6-0, 6-0. Genkova also won in straight sets, 6-0, 6-2, against Joanlanne. At the number three position, van Der Ploeg defeated Organos, 6-2, 6-3. The only match of the day that wasn’t won in straight sets by the Cowgirls was by Stencel. She defeated Sulz 7-6 (7-2), 6-0. Talbert defeated Panic, 6-2, 6-2 and the final Cowgirl, Jonas, defeated Dukic, 6-4, 6-0.
The next match for the Cowgirls was a little bit tougher against the Lumberjacks on Saturday.
“This was one of the gutsiest performances I’ve seen in a long time,” Clower said. “The ladies bounced back with a vengeance after losing a tough doubles points and I couldn’t be more proud. To be down the whole time and rally as one unit was a testament of the heart and character this team has. Every player on this team brought fight today which is why we came up victorious.”
In doubles action, it was tough for the Cowgirls as they lost two of the three matches. Stencel and Talbert opened up the day with a 6-4 loss against Hailey Rochin and Marta Lewandowska, but the duo of Jonas and Tkachenko defeated Brandy Walker and Hanneke Lodewijks, 6-4 to even the score up. It came down to the number one team of van Der Ploeg and Elisa Koonik who dropped a close one, 7-5, against Blanka Szavay and Chiara Tomasetti.
In singles, Koonik got the Cowgirls on the board with a 6-1, 6-3 win over Walker. The Lumberjacks answered right back by winning the next two matches to pull ahead 3-1. Tomasetti defeated Jonas, 7-6 (7-3), 6-3 followed by Szavay over van Der Ploeg, 6-4, 6-3. At the number one spot, Stencel won the opening set, 6-2, which was countered by Lodewijks winning the second set, 7-6 (7-2). Stencel would respond by losing only one game in the last set, 6-1, to win the match. It came down to the final Cowgirls, freshmen Tkachenko and Genkova. Tkachenko dropped only one game to win in straight sets over Eirene Granville, 6-1, 6-0. Then Genkova clinched the match with a 7-6, 6-3 win against Lewandowska.
Wyoming will return to action today against the New Mexico State Aggies. The match is set for 12 p.m. at the UW indoor tennis courts.
